"True freedom comes from inside. Even if they are not physically bound, a person whose soul is not free is a total slave."
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Matthew 25:31–40 (Strongest Bible Verse Directives) "Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me."
Source: Bible App
The abovementioned passage from the Bible has one clear message: to reach out to the lost and captives. The only "pursuit" that achieves success through failure is the jail system. Imprisonment of criminals or the extreme penalty are just consequentially proportionate to the crimes they committed. Hat's off to our peace and order officers for these ingenious ways of deterring crimes by implementing inevitable interventions. However, we should not just stop there.
Crammed-full detention cell
In line with this, an alarming increase in the number of criminals reveals a truth: The end doesn't justify the means." Inmates find their circumstances worse when they leave jail than when they arrive in the facility. The cycle of criminality, detention, release, re-arrest, and eventual release was simply repeated. They simply become habitual criminals, and repeated offenses become the norm in society. There is no end to the process.
In other words, if prisons were a way to change people, those who were already there would have undergone better transformation up until the point where the prison became empty. On the contrary, it worsened because so many individuals had already sinned and broken the rule up until today. They don't even hesitate to commit crimes in front of people. What's going on?
This is due to the fact that neither a person nor any form of torture can bring about genuine transformation. Nevertheless, just by way of Christ Jesus, if people are just given the chance to hear God's word, surely they will grow in faith and experience conviction, leading them to give their entire life to the Lord.
In the past, we were likewise under the sway of sin. In addition, vice and sensuality tied us, but the Lord delivered us from our sinful ways. This is due to God's mercy rather than our rehabilitative skill in doing right. Because of this, we are humbly turning to our highly esteemed ambassadors and ambassadress of peace (police force) in the community for assistance and to grant us the chance and authorization necessary for us to reach out to those in need with the message of God.
As of the moment, we are working hand-in-hand to combat crimes by making the Gospel of Jesus Christ in full exercise of power available! Thus, we are reaching souls beyond bars and barbed wire gates in order to offer deliverance to those shackled by chains of sin. These people need a release from sin; hence, regeneration and not just rehabilitation are the solutions!
Correctional is the most fitting facility where more labourers are badly needed, for prisoners, are one of the lost individuals. Aside from that families, kids, friends, are impacted for every prisoner. They depict a great portion of the society.
Whatever they become will resonate with their own family. As the saying goes, " a tree is known by its fruit." Thus, let us help cease generational curse by remembering those prisoners, as putting ourselves on their shoes and to set the captives free from sin.
The most fitting facility where more labourers are needed.
Why Put Concern On Jail Care Service?
Those who are captives, prisoners and slaves are mentioned by our Lord Jesus Christ many times in the Bible. And such status in the society are His primary concern. Infact more than 130 times, the word prison/prisoners is mentioned. The Lord is about to come and He will judge every man according to the fruit of his actions. No murderers, vilers, evil doers like rapists, falcificators, thieves, drug addicts, molesters, adulterers and the like can inherit the Kingdom of God .(Rev.21:8; 2 Peter 3:9) That is why, based on these verses, we can simply conclude that even the worst criminal is entiled to get repented and be forgiven, in order to escape eternal condemnation.
The following are SOCIAL OBJECTIVES of Jail Care Service:
An inmate voluntarily singing a relyricized song entitled "Makalaya Ra Ta Tanan" in English, We will be all set free.
•To enable the prisoner to perform more effectively within the setting of a prison.
•To establish a connection between the community and those detained in prison.
• To prepare residents (physically,
psychologically, morally, and spiritually) for re-entry into society.
• To offer practical post-prison aid.
Persons' Deprived of Liberty or PDL's Program For Welfare And Development?
The term, "welfare and development programs" refers to a group of mental, emotional, intellectual, vocational, and spiritual activities or interventions that assist the improvement and well being of PDL in line with the moral and ethical norms that are commonly accepted in society. The said program will be materialized through the following offer:
- The pardoning of sin in spiritual aspect.
- An opportunity to apologize or repent.
- Elimination of guilt and shame.
- Considering that for many of them, rejection is all they have ever known.
- Techniques for overcoming challenging circumstances and unpleasant feelings.
- Foundations for real, sincere partnerships.
- A new reason to live
ACTIONS Taken in the Jail Care Service:
• Collaborate with staff members and teams from the prison chaplaincy.
• Offer times of lectures, counseling, and fellowship groups within the confines of the facility, to the extent practicable, to provide for the needs of the convicts.
• Offer assistance when a person needs time to deal with concerns relating to their spiritual, emotional, or social well-being.
• Foster an atmosphere in which prisoners feel free to express their emotions and faith.
• Exhibit a fair, reasonable, and objective process that is open and objective regardless of the offense, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.
EXPECTATIONS from the Jail Care Service:
Achievement in fostering partnership with the Jail staffs and the management.
Gaining wisdom and knowledge inline with truths, compliant to the rules of the establishment.
Helping the PDL combat with socio-emotional and spiritual conflict.
Privilege for priosoners to express their emotions and faith.
Equitable treatment, regardless of the offense, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.
Transformative faith manifesting in their lives in their whole being.
Becoming society's noble citizen due to conversion in Christ.
THINGS TO CONTEMPLATE ON:
While prisoners are encompassed by walls, and some others are unfortunately unable to exit, yet have found an entrance to freedom from sin, through God's Word. Nevertheless, some of us in the society, though living as free people are still shackled in sin, shame, guilt and vices. These two profiles are one of the faces reigning around the globe. It is all up to us to do our job, as one calls for this mission.☺️
Other random photos:
Some memorable photos captured in the detention cell, few inmates were singing, praising with their hearts to the Lord, with us.
Note. Pictures are all mine but inmates' names, faces and the facility are deliberately hidden for security reason.
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